myPHPNuke 'links.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

myPHPNuke

by:

Tacettin Kaya

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: myPHPNuke

Affected Version From: 1.8.2008

Affected Version To: 1.8.2008

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:myphpnuke:myphpnuke:1.8.8

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: None

2002

myPHPNuke ‘links.php’ Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

myPHPNuke 'links.php' does not adequately filter HTML code thus making it prone to cross-site scripting attacks. It is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of a legitimate user. All code will be executed within the context of the website running myPHPNuke. This issue may be exploited to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from legitimate users of the website running the vulnerable software.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6892/info

Reportedly, myPHPNuke 'links.php' does not adequately filter HTML code thus making it prone to cross-site scripting attacks. It is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of a legitimate user. All code will be executed within the context of the website running myPHPNuke.

This issue may be exploited to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from legitimate users of the website running the vulnerable software.

This vulnerability was reported for myPHPNuke 1.8.8 earlier versions may also be affected.

http://www.example.com/myphpnuke/links.php?op=MostPopular&ratenum=[scr!pt]alert(document.cookie);[/scr!pt]&ratetype=percent

http://www.example.com/myphpnuke/links.php?op=search&query=[scr!pt]alert('tacettin@olympos.org');[/scr!pt]?query=